Youth
The IACP has provided law enforcement leaders and practitioners innovative approaches and best practices for engaging with, and responding to, children and youth. This includes implementing positive police/youth engagement strategies, effective juvenile interview and interrogation practices, addressing school safety, enhancing law enforcement’s role with children exposed to violence, and combating child sex trafficking.
Enhancing Law Enforcement Response to Children Exposed to Violence Toolkit
This Toolkit provides practical tools and resources to assist law enforcement agencies in building or enhancing effective operational responses to children exposed to violence (with…
Reducing Risks: An Executive's Guide to Effective Juvenile Interview and Interrogation
The juvenile interview and interrogation landscape is undergoing an unprecedented upheaval. Over the past decade, numerous studies have demonstrated that juveniles are particularly likely to…
Policy Center Resources
See AllChild Abuse
Child abuse and neglect have been traditionally regarded as the principal responsibility of child protective services and social welfare agencies. However, research has demonstrated that a...
Safeguarding Children of Arrested Parents
The arrest of a parent can have a significant impact on a child, whether or not the child is present at the time of the...
Interviewing and Interrogating Juveniles
The U.S. Supreme Court has recognized the emotional and developmental differences between adults and juveniles and the implications that this has on the conduct of...
Resources
EXPIRED Standardizing Emergency Response Language Between Schools and Police
WHEREAS, emergency response plans and the language used within them are critically important to how emergency and all hazard incidents are responded to. Common principles…
EXPIRED Supporting Victims of Child Sexual Abuse Material
Submitted by: Individual IDV.12.t0218 WHEREAS, child sexual abuse material is the recording of the sexual abuse and exploitation of a child; and WHEREAS, the United…
Developing an Anti-Bullying Program: Increasing Safety, Reducing Violence
This publication is one in a series of briefs written for law enforcement leaders to facilitate the development of proactive juvenile justice programs. In This…
Youth Focused Policing: Sample Impact Evaluation Plans
These sample evaluation plans illustrate the evaluation process for five law enforcement youth programs. They demonstrate how various components of a program build on each…
